Arizona silver belt. [volume] (Globe City, Pinal County, Ariz.) 1878-19??, 1887-07-09
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j am always ready to go to q spiritual
istc or a sleight.of.hand performance,
because / always manage to discover
the trick which invariably puzzles AL
" rest OF the victims, Iou may be
sure, therefore, that when Hermann
announced a performance for the bene-
iii OF the Charleston sufferers, and tho
initial performance Of his new trick,
''The Vanishing Lady," did not miss
the opportunity, especially as l could
humor my inclinations as well as my
curiosity From the descriptions Of my
friends from Paris the trick OF the
'sNanshing Lady was done much bet
ter IN Paris, whore Hermann announced
he had purchased the novelty and which
has been the sensation in the Eden
Musee Tor some months ,pSst Mime
Heller appeared IN . light draperyi a
rug wss placed on the stage, q large
eheet Of paper and chair thereon, the
lady sitting on the chair. Then Her
mann enveloped her in q thin but not
gau1y dark green sheet that completely
covered her while revealing the coH-
tour OF her figure, In Paris, almost
instantly the covering was removed
and the lady had van shed, but heFmann
required slow music, and it was several
moments before the sheet was removed
and Sic vacant char discovered OF
course, he directed attention by glanees
70 every part of the stage than that he
sought-not to the rear corner--w here
he touched a spring that Immediately
detected Ia letting his wife and the chair
drop 10 the regions below, while the ap-
parent game sustained tby lis vertical
fo!dsl its position. Theories that mir
rors we're used producing optical delu-
sion were advanced. but very careful
scrutiny always watch the magician
and not the point AZ which he directs At.
tention) discovered the spring, and sit
ting near could hear the mechanism.
IhsEe never read an expose OF Hell
ler's Psycho trick. which has myBttied
most beholders. The pigmy figure Of
half body with head and arms and
sectional shelf of figures across
the front is placed on 4 hollow glass
cylinder. at Heller's command Psycho
masters the mast intricate cubes and
squares, the head and arm moving from
side to side, the latter soliciting figures
and placing them TO form correct
answer The theory was that the arm
md head was moved BY electric wires,
but tho glass support rendered that im-
possible. It puzzled me for some time,
but finally discovered, Just how I'M
not saw that il was worked BY com
pressed air circulating in the glass
cylinder from one OF the feet Ok the
pedestal The assistant in the wing
worked the supply tube BY ball, ona
press setting tne arm to moving two
dropping it on the figure, third pick
ing it mp when Il moved listlessly until
another double pressure dropped the
numeral into lis place. The magician
wore flash button, that Is, one 81 the
tons on the small OK the back Of his
Hoat which was connected with 4
batter have seen those
4 fi@s soarf-pins and gave
enc for the figure, be being alight-
& calculator. Years ago il took me
.aree nights TO discover his trick Of the
Ephinx an Egyptian head that rose
cat of the table after the re-
moval Of box. The table stood in the
center Of the stage apparently perfectly
clear underneath, with one corner fac.
ing the audience The head talked and
was obviously alive, but there Was no
possibility Of It's being connected with a
body because the top Of thetablo was
not one and lnf inches thick and it
was entirely clear underneath On the
thirS night having exhausted al my
theories, threw putty ball from .
blower carried WITH me IN tho direc-
ton Of the table, and finding il lodged
ia the air soon discovered chat the Il.
BE had iooking-glass between each
leg, the magician being careful never
to be caught. in the reelection and that
there was no reflection Of the surround
ings. The same way q little investiga-
ton always proves that the material (
ization at a spiritual seance Is the me-
dunn impeTsonating- -beagnse whenever
scatter tacks over The floor, spirits
can't stand chem and the medium & al
ways lame when he or she emerges from |
The cabinet --JOfa D'Arme. IN Mi5I0au-
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